2011–12 Aberdeen F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Aberdeen's 99th season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Aberdeen were knocked out of the Scottish League Cup at the third round stage, losing on penalties to East Fife after a 3–3 draw. In the Scottish Cup, Aberdeen lost 1–2 to Hibernian in the semi-final. Aberdeen finished in 9th place in the Scottish Premier League.

Aberdeen
2011–12 season
ChairmanStewart Milne
ManagerCraig Brown
StadiumPittodrie Stadium
Scottish Premier League9th
Scottish CupSemi final
Scottish League CupRound 3
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott Vernon: 11
All: Scott Vernon: 13
Highest home attendance15,468 vs. Rangers, 29 October 2011
Lowest home attendance3,964 vs. East Fife, 20 September 2011
Average home league attendance8,770

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

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23 June 2011 Friendly Brechin City 1–3 Aberdeen Brechin
19:45 McKenna   54' Report Megginson   9'
Bengondo   37'
Mackie   45'
Stadium: Glebe Park
Attendance: 1,002
6 July 2011 Friendly VfL Bochum 2–1 Aberdeen Bochum
18:30 Ginczek   42'
Aydın   90'
AFC Report Mackie   85' Stadium: Ruhrstadion
Attendance: 2,000
9 July 2011 Friendly Borussia Mönchengladbach 5–2 Aberdeen Mönchengladbach
15:00 Rupp   20'
Leckie   46', 80'
Hanke   74', 76'
AFC Report Magennis   15'
Jack   87'
Stadium: Grenzlandstadion
Attendance: 2,200
12 July 2011 Friendly Deveronvale 0–2 Aberdeen Banff
19:45 AFC report Considine   50'
Pawlett   65'
Stadium: Princess Royal Park
Attendance: 251
13 July 2011 Friendly Inverurie Loco Works 1–11 Aberdeen Inverurie
19:45 Neish   69' AFC Report Mackie   37'
Megginson   44'
Magennis   50' (pen.)
Arnason   55'
Jack   71'
Vernon   71'
Milsom   77', 79'
Paton   82', 86', 89'
Stadium: Harlaw Park
Attendance: 400
16 July 2011 Friendly Forfar Athletic 0–3 Aberdeen Forfar
15:00 AFC Report Vernon   18' (pen.)
Jack   68'
Milsom   80'
Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 874
19 July 2011 Friendly Aberdeen 0–1 Villarreal Aberdeen
19:45 AFC Report Rossi   53' Attendance: 9,508
Referee: Crawford Allan

Scottish Premier League

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23 July 2011 1 Aberdeen 0–0 St Johnstone Aberdeen
15:00 Report Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 10,001
Referee: Steve Conroy
30 July 2011 2 St Mirren 1–0 Aberdeen Paisley
15:00 Hasselbaink   50' Report Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Euan Norris
7 August 2011 3 Aberdeen 0–1 Celtic Aberdeen
12:15 Stokes   74' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 12,497
Referee: Calum Murray
13 August 2011 4 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 Novikovas   24'
Sutton   35', 52'
BBC Sport Stadium: Tynecastle
Attendance: 13,374
Referee: Steve Conroy
20 August 2011 5 Aberdeen 2–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 Milsom   12'
Vernon   27'
BBC Sport Foran   79' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 7,989
Referee: Crawford Allan
28 August 2011 6 Rangers 2–0 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 Davis   15'
Naismith   90'
BBC Sport Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 44,070
Referee: Iain Brines
11 September 2011 7 Hibernian 0–0 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 8,972
Referee: O'Reilly
17 September 2011 8 Aberdeen 2–2 Kilmarnock Aberdeen
15:00 Considine   37'
Mawéné   53'
BBC Sport Heffernan   15'
Shiels   28'
Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 7,672
Referee: Iain Brines
24 September 2011 9 Motherwell 1–0 Aberdeen Motherwell
15:00 McHugh   84' BBC Sport Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,348
Referee: Muir
30 September 2011 10 Aberdeen 4–0 Dunfermline Athletic Aberdeen
19:45 Vernon   6', 35', 80'
Fyvie  45'
BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 8,333
Referee: Madden
15 October 2011 11 Aberdeen 3–1 Dundee United Aberdeen
15:00 Árnason   14'
Mawéné   51'
Considine   60'
BBC Sport Dalla Valle   79' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 10,256
Referee: Collum
23 October 2011 12 Celtic 2–1 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 Ki Sung-Yueng   17'
Mulgrew   72'
BBC Sport Jack   59' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 49,037
Referee: O'Reilly
29 October 2011 13 Aberdeen 1–2 Rangers Aberdeen
12:00 Foster   82' BBC Sport Lafferty   58'
Jelavić   70' (pen.)
Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 15,468
Referee: Collum
19 November 2011 15 Aberdeen 1–2 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 Vernon   10' BBC Sport Higdon   6'
Daley   53'
Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 8,779
Referee: Murray
26 November 2011 16 Dunfermline Athletic 3–3 Aberdeen Dunfermline
15:00 Barrowman   54'
Graham   62'
Buchanan   69'
BBC Sport Considine   45+2'
Keddie   81' (o.g.)
Magennis   88'
Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 4,149
Referee: Salmond
3 December 2011 17 Kilmarnock 2–0 Aberdeen Kilmarnock
15:00 Harkins   5'
Dayton   65'
BBC Sport Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,367
Referee: Allan
10 December 2011 18 Aberdeen 2–2 St Mirren Aberdeen
15:00 Vernon   1'
Fallon   17'
BBC Sport McLean   34'
Carey   52'
Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 9,452
Referee: Finnie
13 December 2011 14 St Johnstone 1–2 Aberdeen Perth
19:45 Haber   90' BBC Sport Vernon   13'
Jack   79'
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: McLean
17 December 2011 19 Aberdeen 1–0 Hibernian Aberdeen
12:30 Vernon   56' (pen.) BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 7,137
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 December 2011 20 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 Aberdeen Inverness
12:30 Golobart   64'
Tadé   69'
BBC Sport Fallon   76' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 5,888
Referee: Muir
28 December 2011 21 Aberdeen 0–0 Heart of Midlothian Aberdeen
19:45 BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 9,210
Referee: Winter
2 January 2012 22 Dundee United 1–2 Aberdeen Dundee
15:00 Daly   6' BBC Sport Chalali   67'
Árnason   86'
Stadium: Tannadice
Attendance: 11,471
Referee: McLean
14 January 2012 23 Aberdeen 0–0 Kilmarnock Aberdeen
15:00 BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 8,324
Referee: Murray
21 January 2012 24 Rangers 1–1 Aberdeen Glasgow
15:00 Edu   67' BBC Sport Árnason   63' Stadium: Ibrox
Attendance: 46,648
Referee: Brines
28 January 2012 25 Aberdeen 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Aberdeen
15:00 Vernon   24' BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 8,081
Referee: Thomson
11 February 2012 26 Hibernian 0–0 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 BBC Sport Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Crawford
19 February 2012 27 Aberdeen 0–0 St Johnstone Aberdeen
12:45 BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Salmond
25 February 2012 28 St Mirren 1–1 Aberdeen Paisley
12:00 Vernon   57' BBC Sport Hasselbaink   59' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Steven McLean
3 March 2012 29 Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic Aberdeen
12:00 Blackman   45' (o.g.) BBC Sport Stokes   28' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 13,127
Referee: Craig Thomson
17 March 2012 30 Motherwell 1–0 Aberdeen Motherwell
15:00 Hammell   22' BBC Sport Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,637
Referee: Iain Brines
24 March 2012 31 Aberdeen 0–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Aberdeen
15:00 BBC Sport Tadé   10' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 8,939
Referee: Finnie
31 March 2012 32 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Aberdeen Edinburgh
15:00 McGowan   27'
Skácel   53', 89'
BBC Sport Stadium: Tynecastle
Attendance: 13,292
Referee: Collum
7 April 2012 33 Aberdeen 3–1 Dundee United Aberdeen
15:00 Mackie   12'
Chris Clark   68'
Jack   79'
BBC Sport Daly   29' Stadium: Pittodrie
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Calum Murray
21 April 2012 34 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–2 Aberdeen Inverness
15:00 BBC Sport Golobart   46' (o.g.)
Gillet   89' (o.g.)
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,487
Referee: McLean
28 April 2012 35 Dunfermline Athletic 3–0 Aberdeen Dunfermline
15:00 Cardle  56'
Kirk  68' (77)
BBC Sport Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 3,501
Referee: Charleston
2 May 2012 36 Aberdeen 1–2 Hibernian Aberdeen
19:45 Vernon  53' BBC Sport Reynolds  7' (o.g.)
O'Hanlon  17'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 5,281
Referee: Murray
5 May 2012 37 Kilmarnock 1–1 Aberdeen Kilmarnock
15:00 Shiels   53' BBC Sport Masson   30' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 3,893
Referee: Colvin
12 May 2012 38 Aberdeen 0–0 St Mirren Aberdeen
15:00 BBC Sport Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,716
Referee: Collum

Scottish League Cup

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Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2010–11. Darren Mackie scored the only goal of the game, as Aberdeen defeated First Division opponents Dundee. Aberdeen were knocked out in the third round by Second Division club East Fife.

23 August 2011 2nd round Aberdeen 1–0 Dundee Aberdeen
19:45 Mackie   16' BBC Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 5,722
Referee: James McKendrick
20 September 2011 3rd round Aberdeen 3–3
(3–4 p)
East Fife Aberdeen
19:45
BBC Sport
  • Wallace   31'
  • Park   54'
  • Floan   57'
Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 3,964
Referee: Steven Mclean

Scottish Cup

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Aberdeen entered the Scottish Cup in the fourth round stage.

7 January 2012 4th round Forfar Athletic 0–4 Aberdeen Forfar
15:00 BBC Sport Vernon   31'
Chalali   41'
Fallon   71'
Megginson   84'
Stadium: Station Park
Attendance: 3,747
Referee: Colvin
4 February 2012 5th round Aberdeen 1–1 Queen of the South Aberdeen
15:00 Vernon   67' BBC Sport McLaughlin   54' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 6,785
Referee: McLean
14 February 2012 5th round replay Queen of the South 1–2 Aberdeen Dumfries
19:45 McGuffie   58' (pen.) BBC Sport Fyvie   21'
Considine   90'
Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Muir
11 March 2012 Quarter-final Motherwell 1–2 Aberdeen Motherwell
15:45 Law   79' BBC Sport Fallon   5', 41' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,640
Referee: Craig Thomson
14 April 2012 Semi final Aberdeen 1–2 Hibernian Glasgow
12:15 Fallon   59' BBC Sport O'Connor   3'
Griffiths   85'
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 28,278
Referee: Willie Collum

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Jamie Langfield 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   NIR Rory McArdle 32 1 20+5 0 5+0 0 1+1 1
3 DF   SCO Ricky Foster 24 1 22+0 1 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SCO Mark Reynolds 21 0 16+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF   TOG Yoann Folly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   FRA Youl Mawéné 25 2 19+3 2 1+1 0 0+1 0
6 DF   SCO Andrew Considine 42 4 36+0 3 4+0 1 2+0 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Clark 30 1 16+8 1 2+2 0 2+0 0
8 MF   ENG Robert Milsom 22 1 22+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   ENG Scott Vernon 42 13 35+1 11 5+0 2 1+0 0
10 FW   SCO Darren Mackie 23 3 8+11 1 0+2 0 2+0 2
11 MF   ISL Kári Árnason 40 3 31+2 3 5+0 0 2+0 0
13 DF   SCO Clark Robertson 12 0 9+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   NZL Rory Fallon 27 7 18+3 2 4+1 4 0+1 1
15 MF   SCO Peter Pawlett 24 0 5+15 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
16 MF   ENG Isaac Osbourne 26 0 22+1 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
17 MF   SCO Fraser Fyvie 34 2 27+1 1 4+1 1 1+0 0
18 FW   ALG Mohamed Chalali 20 2 4+12 1 1+1 1 0+2 0
19 FW   SCO Michael Paton 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 GK   COL David González 15 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF   SCO Stephen Hughes 8 0 3+2 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
21 FW   NIR Josh Magennis 27 1 13+10 1 0+2 0 2+0 0
22 MF   SCO Ryan Jack 37 3 30+1 3 4+0 0 2+0 0
23 FW   SCO Mitchel Megginson 20 1 7+9 0 2+2 1 0+0 0
24 DF   SCO Nicky Low 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF   SCO Russell Anderson (c) 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   SCO Gavin Rae 12 0 12+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF   SCO Ryan Fraser 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 GK   WAL Jason Brown 26 0 20+0 0 5+0 0 1+0 0
33 MF   SCO Jamie Masson 4 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW   NGA Danny Uchechi 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
41 MF   SCO Cammy Smith 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
47 FW   SCO Declan McManus 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

As of 12 May 2012

Disciplinary record

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No. Nat. Pos. Name SPL Scottish Cup League Cup Total
               
22   MF Ryan Jack 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
11   MF Kári Árnason 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
17   MF Fraser Fyvie 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
3   DF Ricky Foster 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5   DF Youl Mawéné 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
14   FW Rory Fallon 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10   FW Darren Mackie 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
21   FW Josh Magennis 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15   MF Peter Pawlett 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6   DF Andrew Considine 6 1 1 0 0 0 7 1
7   MF Chris Clark 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
16   MF Isaac Osbourne 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13   DF Clark Robertson 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
9   FW Scott Vernon 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2   DF Rory McArdle 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8   MF Robert Milsom 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3   DF Mark Reynolds 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
18   FW Mohamed Chalali 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28   MF Gavin Rae 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1   GK Jamie Langfield 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

As of 12 May 2012

Goal scorers

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Rank Player SPL SC LC Total
1.   Scott Vernon 11 2 0 13
2.   Rory Fallon 2 4 1 7
3.   Andrew Considine 3 1 0 4
4.   Kári Árnason 3 0 0 3
5.   Darren Mackie 1 0 2 3
6.   Ryan Jack 3 0 0 3
7.   Youl Mawéné 2 0 0 2
8.   Mohamed Chalali 1 1 0 2
9.   Fraser Fyvie 1 1 0 2
10.   Jamie Masson 1 0 0 1
11.   Robert Milsom 1 0 0 1
12.   Rory McArdle 0 0 1 1
13.   Ricky Foster 1 0 0 1
14.   Josh Magennis 1 0 0 1
15.   Mitchel Megginson 0 1 0 1
15.   Chris Clark 1 0 0 1

As of 12 May 2012

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 1 9 23 July 12 May
League Cup 2nd round 3rd round 23 August 20 September
Scottish Cup 4th round Semi-finals 7 January 14 April

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 −17 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51 −12 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 44 −8 41
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 10 9 19 42 60 −18 39
11 Hibernian 38 8 9 21 40 67 −27 33
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 9 14 15 36 44  −8 41 6 7 5 21 15  +6 3 7 10 15 29  −14

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultDLLLWLDDLWWLLLDLDWWLDWDDWDDDDLLLWWLLDD
Position410101110111110119771011111210999999867877889878999
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

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Team Results[1] Points
1 2 3 4
Celtic 0–1 1–2 1–1 1
Dundee United 3–1 2–1 3–1 9
Dunfermline Athletic 4–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 7
Heart of Midlothian 0–3 0–0 0–3 1
Hibernian 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 5
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 6
Kilmarnock 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 3
Motherwell 0–1 1–2 0–1 0
Rangers 0–2 1–2 1–1 1
St Johnstone 0–0 2–1 0–0 5
St Mirren 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 3

Source: 2011–12 Scottish Premier League article

Transfers

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See also

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